US4507872A - Method for measuring the state of damage of an automobile vehicle and measuring apparatus for carrying out said method - Google Patents

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US4507872A
US4507872A US06/432,932 US43293282A US4507872A US 4507872 A US4507872 A US 4507872A US 43293282 A US43293282 A US 43293282A US 4507872 A US4507872 A US 4507872A
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  • the present invention relates to a measuring method and an apparatus for carrying out said method for the purpose of determining the time required for repairing automobile vehicles, and it more particularly relates to the systematic estimation of the time for repairing a vehicle requiring either repairs to the mechanical part of the vehicle or repairs to the body, in particular after accidents, bearing in mind requirements of reconditioning certain parts and replacing other parts of the vehicle.
  • the estimation of the cost of a repair is essentially based on scales of times which are the fruit of after sales services of the constructors based on replacement operations.
  • Another solution resides in awaiting the end of the reconditioning operations in order to know the time it took to carry out these operations.
  • an object of the invention is to provide a measuring method for estimating the repair time of an automobile vehicle which calculates the repairs rapidly and precisely.
  • the invention therefore provides a method for measuring the state of damage to an automobile vehicle comprising employing means for ascertaining the deterioration as a function of the degree of the dent and the nature and number of the damaged parts, said method comprising employing an apparatus having a variable vertical and horizontal position; determining and reading with the aid of this apparatus on a first side of the vehicle, in respect of the lateral part, the height and the degree of the dent due to the impact and its position relative to the median axis of the track; determining and reading by means of the same apparatus on a second side of the vehicle the same data so as to determine the differences; using the same apparatus for determining and reading by means of the apparatus the height and the degree of the dent due to the impact undergone by the front or rear part and its position relative to the median axis of the vehicle, so that, by comparison with the original dimensions of the same vehicle when new which were read off by means of said apparatus, the degree of the vector of deformation may be determined; assigning to these measurements repairing or replacing codes and combining them with damaged zone
  • Another object of the invention is to provide a measuring apparatus for carrying out the aforementioned method, said apparatus comprising a vertical frame and a support unit for said frame adapted to place it at a predetermined distance from at least one of the tires of the vehicle located in the vicinity of the impact to be assessed, and vertical and horizontal positioning means in the plane of said frame, in confronting relation to the position of the impact, for an element for measuring the degree of the dent in the body of the vehicle.
  • FIG. 1 is a diagrammatic plan view of an automobile vehicle subdivided into zones for the codification of the position of an impact on the body of the vehicle;
  • FIG. 2 is a partial elevational diagrammatic view of the vehicle of FIG. 1, subdivided at different levels for the codification of the position of impacts;
  • FIG. 3 is a diagrammatic view corresponding to FIG. 2 but in which there is added a graduation of the measurement of the deformations which may be undergone by the vehicle receiving an impact at the front;
  • FIG. 4 is a partial side elevational view carrying graduations of measurements of deformations which may be undergone by a vehicle receiving a lateral impact;
  • FIG. 5 is a general view of a cumulative sequential codification table of the constructional parts in a certain number of types of automobile vehicles;
  • FIG. 6 is a view to an enlarged scale of a sector of the codification table of FIG. 5;
  • FIG. 7 is a perspective view of an apparatus employed for carrying out the method of the invention.
  • FIG. 8 is a perspective view of a detail of the apparatus of FIG. 7.
  • the vehicle shown diagrammatically in FIG. 1 is subdivided into four zones corresponding to the positions of impacts undergone by the vehicle:
  • zone 1 is the zone of the impacts at the front of the vehicle
  • zone 2 corresponds to the right side of the vehicle
  • zone 3 corresponds to the rear of the vehicle
  • zone 4 corresponds to the left side.
  • the zone of the parts to be replaced and of the parts to be rectified is defined in the following way:
  • figures other than zeros occupy positions of the zone of the parts to be rectified and of the zone of the parts to be replaced.
  • the zone of the parts to be replaced and of the parts to be repaired is defined in the manner indicated hereinbefore for the body, the data relating to the parts to be repaired being substituted for those relating to the parts to be rectified.
  • Each of the zones 1 to 4 of the body is in turn divided into 3 regions: a, b, c; a central region given the code O; two regions located on each side of the central region given the codes 1 and 2 respectively.
  • the vehicle is moreover divided into three zones: d, e, f with respect to its height, codes 1, 2 and 3 being given to these three zones respectively.
  • This division in height is for example, the following:
  • the zone d concerns the elements located under the bumpers
  • the zone e concerns the parts located between the bumpers and the lower parts of the window-glass areas
  • the zone f concerns the parts located above the last-mentioned zones.
  • This coding is achieved in the following manner:
  • the first position from the right of the zone having three positions receives a figure indicating the degree of the dent produced by the impact.
  • This degree is determined by the figures 1 to 9 of the measurement graduation of FIG. 3 or FIG. 4, as a function of the indications of a measuring apparatus M placed in contact with the body in the region of the impact undergone by the latter.
  • This apparatus M is shown in FIGS. 7 and 8 and will be described hereinafter.
  • the second position of the zone having three positions specifies the situation of the impact in one of the considered zones 1 to 4.
  • the figure placed in this second position has one of the values 0, 1 or 2 depending on whether the impact is located in the region a, b or c of the considered zone.
  • the third position of the zone having three positions is occupied by a figure of a value equal to 1, 2 or 3 depending on whether the impact is located at a height within the zones d, e or f.
  • the code thus constituted gives consequently complete information concerning the precise position of the impact and its intensity.
  • the zone having one position is intended to receive a nature code representing a reconditioning in the sheet metal workshop or in the paintshop.
  • the table shown in FIG. 5 is drawn up in accordance with the cumulative sequential method.
  • This table corresponds to the zone 1 of the vehicle shown in FIG. 1. It contains the designations of the parts located in this zone and belonging to automobile vehicles of all types.
  • Each of the large columns 10 to 14 is subdivided into elementary columns each designating an element or a group of elements.
  • the large column 10 which concerns exterior elements is subdivided into elementary columns 10a to 10h each relating to codes given to the following parts.
  • the table of FIG. 5 is moreover subdivided into five rows 15 to 19 relating to one, two, three, four and five exterior elements of the bodywork.
  • Each of these rows 15 to 19 is subdivided into lines relating to a particular element or group of elements.
  • the row 15 is subdivided into lines 15a to 15j each corresponding to one of the following elements.
  • each of the boxes defined by the intersection of an elementary column and a line are placed two identical codes whose positions correspond respectively to a replacement operation and to a repair operation of the corresponding parts or group of parts.
  • the codes are assigned in succession from left to right starting on the first line. They are decimal codes which can be easily read by the user.
  • the upper boxes of all the elementary columns of the table and the left boxes of all the lines of the table also form respectively an additional line 20 and an additional column 21 which, while they are an integral part of the table, also include picture representations of the corresponding elements and groups of elements of said table.
  • the table shown in FIGS. 5 and 6 further comprises marginal lines and columns 22, 23, 24, 25 in which are shown indications relating to the number of elements and to the nature of these elements or groups of elements.
  • the table diagrammatically shown in FIG. 5 comprises forty-five elementary columns which corresponds to a theoretical periodicity of forty-five code numbers per line.
  • the code assigned to the intersection of the elementary column 10a with the line 15b is 0093.
  • the tables such as those of FIGS. 5 and 6 are of the universal type designed for a large number of vehicles.
  • Associated with the set of tables established in the aforementioned manner is also a time schedule in which are entered the durations of the repairs corresponding to the various incident codes formed from the various items of information of the place and intensity of the impact and of the nature of the damaged parts.
  • the schedule of times thus drawn up may be put on microfiches.
  • This apparatus comprises a vertical frame 30 fixed on a trolley 31 comprising two tubular side-members 32 each carrying a wheel 33 and cross-member 34 which interconnects the two side-members at one end thereof.
  • the vertical frame 30 is held on the trolley by means of a reinforcing framework 35 which includes, midway of its height, a cross-bar 36 for handling the apparatus.
  • bars 37 carrying graduations 38 along their length and connected to a transverse bar 39 which is adapted to bear against a tire of a vehicle in the manner shown in FIGS. 2-4.
  • a foot 40 is fixed in the region of the junction of each of the bars 37 with the corresponding bar 39.
  • Each of the side-members 32 has, at the end thereof remote from the wheel 33, means 41 for locking the corresponding bar 37 against movement in translation.
  • These means are advantageously formed by a screw provided with a winged head for facilitating its actuation.
  • a flat transverse bar 42 which carries at its ends supports 43 which are slidably mounted on the uprights of the frame 30 and are also provided with means for locking them against movement in translation by winged screws 44.
  • an elongated panel 45 Slidably mounted on the flat bar 42 constituting a slideway, disposed on its supports 43 in front of the plane formed by the frame 30, is an elongated panel 45 constituted by a C-section member whose inwardly-extending edge flanges maintain the panel on the bar 42.
  • This panel is made from a magnetic material, for example iron.
  • the magnetic support 46 comprises a fixing element 48 which carries on one of its faces a magnet 49 adapted to be applied against the face of the panel 45, and a case 50 of the tape measure is fixed on the opposite face of the fixing element 48.
  • the length of the panel 45 is equal to the width of the frame 30 so that, by sliding this panel on the flat bar 42 toward the left or toward the right, it is possible to place a part of this panel outside the limits of the frame 30 and thereby position the measuring element formed by the tape measure 47.
  • the position of the impact e.g. a lateral impact, cannot be reached by disposing the measuring element between the uprights of the frame 30.
  • the latter is provided with locking screws 51 disposed at its ends and adapted to cooperate with the bar 42 when tightened.
  • the apparatus M of FIG. 7 is then placed in the position shown in FIG. 3 in such manner that the abutment bars 39 are applied against the front wheels of the vehicle.
  • this distance may be related to the distance x between the vertical frame 30 of the measuring apparatus and the end of the bonnet.
  • the flat bar 42 is adjusted in height on the uprights of the vertical frame.
  • the support 48, 49 of the metal tape measure 47 is then placed in front of the impact zone c of the vehicle in such manner that the magnet 49 causes the support to adhere to the elongated panel 45, which permits a more precise determination of the horizontal position of the impact.
  • the impact occurred in the region c of the zone 1.
  • the code 2 is therefore assigned thereto.
  • the tape measure 47 is then unwound until its end touches the bottom of the deformation of the body of the vehicle in the zone of the impact c so as to obtain the distance y between the plane of the frame 30 of the apparatus and the bottom of the impact zone.
  • this code is 4.
  • the code obtained in this way is processed in the manner indicated hereinbefore and gives an assessment of the time required to repair the vehicle.
  • the measuring apparatus M comprises as the means for horizontally and vertically positioning the metal tape measure 47, a flat bar 42 adjustable in height on the uprights of the frame 30 and on which is slidably mounted an elongated panel 45 adapted to receive the support 48 including the magnet 49 for the tape measure 47, it will be understood that other embodiments of these positioning means may be envisaged.
  • a metal panel which occupies the whole of its area and is capable of sliding a given distance on each side of the uprights of the frame 30.

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